Netflix will stream all 104 matches of the 2030 FIFA World Cup to viewers in Spain and Andorra, marking its first-ever broadcast of the men's World Cup. One match per day, including all of Spain's games, both semi-finals and the final, will air free via national broadcasters to meet local legal requirements, while the rest will require a subscription. Netflix also plans pre-game, halftime, post-game and daily round-up shows throughout the tournament.
engadget.com
· 2026-10-13
An Entrepreneur analysis highlights how small businesses near World Cup 2026 host stadiums—bars, vendors, jersey shops and parking operators—saw sales rise 4.1% in June, outpacing 1.8% growth in non-host cities, largely due to a 16.7% jump in spending by visiting fans. The piece notes that nearly 500 terabytes of data flowed through host stadiums during the tournament, forcing local businesses to upgrade their own connectivity to handle surges in mobile ordering, digital payments and foot traffic.
entrepreneur.com
· 2026-09-22
Researchers from the University of Bristol and Oxford used the Isambard-AI supercomputer to analyse all 172.6 hours of live play across the tournament's 104 matches, finding over 93,000 visible brand appearances for unhealthy food, alcohol, gambling and speculative products. Food and drink brands made up 70% of these appearances, with soft drinks, fast food, sports drinks and crisps brands dominating exposure, which the team estimates generated 267 billion impressions in the UK alone.
bristol.ac.uk
· 2026-09-22
A hands-on review of iOS 27 reports that Apple's revamped Siri, now built on Google's Gemini models, can handle multistep tasks like drafting messages, summarizing on-screen content, and answering complex questions with far greater accuracy than before. The reviewer, who had largely stopped using Siri, says the assistant now understands context from apps, messages, and emails, and comes with a new logo and animation.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-09-14
Thrive Capital founder Josh Kushner issued a statement defending his firm's involvement as lead investor in FIFA's now-abandoned FIFA Forward Enterprise plan, which would have sold private investors a 20% stake in FIFA's commercial rights for $4.2 billion. The plan collapsed after European and North American member associations objected to outside private-equity influence, and FIFA scrapped the proposal before it could go to a vote. Kushner said he still believes the underlying concept was sound but would not have gotten involved had he anticipated the fallout.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-09-01
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